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This earns him a genuine smile. "Wonderful! Why don't you talk to Keiran, after - she's been working out details of what we would need, I think she's not quite done yet but Taver can ask her Companion when–" A brief pause as Tran's eyes go unfocused. "Right. She says she needs the rest of today to finish going over the map and drawing up a schematic for you, but she can meet a candlemark after dawn tomorrow?" 

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"Sure. Uh, does she insist on meeting in person or can we do, uh, a nonmagical scrying thing? I do want to get my summoner changed over and the not-seven-years-old one safely into space soon."

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Savil's eyes are suddenly bright and attentive. "A nonmagical scrying– Like a communication spell, you mean, but with sound and pictures? That's incredible!" 

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"Tran will check with her, but that should be fine," Randi says. He drags a hand over his face. "Anything else we should talk over right now? Precautions you think we should be taking? We'll have a volunteer picked out in - Tran, how long do you need to talk to candidates?" 

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"...Another half a candlemark, ideally? I want to let them take some time to think about it, you know, it's a big thing to ask." 

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Savil glances over at him. "Guess I need to decide if we can spare Kilchas. He's desperate to go, he wants to know what the stars look like from up there." 

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"I'd rather not give up another of our mages, not while Van's out of commission." 

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"He was supposed to be on vacation anyway! Besides, if Cam can give us that wall..." 

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Tran sighs heavily. "I'll think about it." 

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Randi turns back to Cam. "Does waiting half a candlemark seem like too high a risk, to you?" 

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"Half a candlemark sounds safe as long as Jisa's particularly well-defended at the moment."

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"She's with Van and her mother right now. In the shielded room at Healers' with a dozen of the Guard stationed outside. I was thinking I'd head right over after this and help keep an eye on things too." 

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Randi gives Cam a pleading look. "Could you sit with her as well?" 

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"Oh, she would appreciate that, she seemed pretty damned attached to you!" 

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"Yes, I can sit with her too."

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"Thank you! I appreciate it. For Van's sake too, though - hopefully he's not a target anymore now that he's not your summoner? Anyway, we can head back over if you're ready." 

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"Hopefully! And yes, all set."

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Then they can head back over to the House of Healing! 

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Jisa delightedly jumps down from the chair at Vanyel's bedside and runs to hug Cam as soon as she sees him. She's STILL wearing her fire blanket like a cape. 

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Cam gives her a hug and wraps her in a wing. "How are you doing?"

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"I'm all right. I think. Mama says I was very very brave. ...She said I need to let you go away, so that someone else can call you back? Because I might not be safe otherwise?" She shivers, pulling the blanket around herself again. 

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"Yeah, that's right. Not yet, though, not till things are all set up for someone else to fetch me back again right away, I'll be gone for like a second."

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"Are you sure? What if they draw the circle wrong somehow and it doesn't work?" 

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"I will make the circle and they'll just fill it in, same as you did!"

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Jisa takes a deep breath, then nods and tries to smile. "I think I can be brave, then." She heads back to the chair by Vanyel's bed and plops herself into it again, watching him with a worried furrow between her eyebrows. 

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